Cast: William Gargan

Top movies, series, and documentaries starring William Gargan. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.


You Only Live Once

1937 · Movie · 86 min. · United States

Direction Fritz Lang

Cast Sylvia Sidney · Henry Fonda · Barton MacLane · Jean Dixon

Plot Archetypal depression-era stars Henry Fonda and Sylvia Sidney are felicitously teamed in Fritz Lang's You Only Live Once. Fonda plays an ex-convict who can't get a break on the "outside"....

7.6

4K votes

7.6

4K votes

Bells of St. Mary's

1945 · Movie · 126 min. · United States

Direction Leo McCarey

Cast Bing Crosby · Ingrid Bergman · Henry Travers · William Gargan

Plot Father O'Malley the unconventional priest from 'Going My Way' continues his work for the Catholic Church. This time he is sent to St. Mary's, a run-down parochial school on the...

6.7

826 votes

6.7

826 votes

I Wake Up Screaming

1941 · Movie · 82 min. · United States

Direction H. Bruce Humberstone

Cast Betty Grable · Victor Mature · Carole Landis · Laird Cregar

Plot When chanteuse Vicky Lynn is found murdered the police bring in promoter Frankie Christopher for questioning. Frankie had been organising Vicky's career until she suddenly took a Hollywood offer just...

6.6

210 votes

6.6

210 votes

Rain

1932 · Movie · 92 min. · United States

6.5

458 votes

6.5

458 votes

Strange Impersonation

1946 · Movie · 68 min. · United States

Direction Anthony Mann

Cast Brenda Marshall · William Gargan · Hillary Brooke · George Chandler

Plot A research scientist conducting experiments on a new anaesthetic finds herself being blackmailed by a women she accidentally knocked down with her car; the woman wasn't hurt, but a scheming...

6.4

95 votes

6.4

95 votes

Night Editor

1946 · Movie · 68 min. · United States

Direction Henry Levin

Cast William Gargan · Janis Carter · Jeff Donnell · Tom Bryson

Plot Crane Stewart (Charles D. Brown), the editor of the New York Star, while playing poker with his friends, tells a story about a cop involved in a murder investigation.

6.4

73 votes

6.4

73 votes

The Story of Temple Drake

1933 · Movie · 70 min. · United States

Direction Stephen Roberts

Cast Miriam Hopkins · Jack La Rue · William Gargan · William Collier Jr.

Plot A wealthy but neurotic Southern belle finds herself trapped in the hideout of a gang of vicious bootleggers. The gang's leader lusts after her, and is determined not to let...

6.4

55 votes

6.4

55 votes

Cheers for Miss Bishop

1941 · Movie · 95 min. · United States

Direction Tay Garnett

Cast Martha Scott · William Gargan · Edmund Gwenn · Sterling Holloway

Plot Nostalgic, poignant story of a schoolteacher in a midwestern town who devotes her life to teaching. A warm reassuring film in the tradition of "Miss Dove" and "Mr. Chips".

6.4

52 votes

6.4

52 votes

Miracle in the Rain

1956 · Movie · 108 min. · United States

Direction Rudolph Maté

Cast Jane Wyman · Van Johnson · Peggie Castle · Fred Clark

Plot A fanciful, O. Henryesque tale set in New York City during World War II. A shy, lonely woman and a dashing soldier from Tennessee meet in the rain late one...

6.4

81 votes

6.4

81 votes

The Canterville Ghost

1944 · Movie · 95 min. · United States

Direction Jules Dassin

Cast Charles Laughton · Robert Young · Margaret O'Brien · William Gargan

Plot In the 1600s, cowardly Sir Simon of Canterville flees a duel and seeks solace in the family castle. His ashamed father seals him in the room where he is hiding...

6.3

918 votes

6.3

918 votes

Black Fury

1935 · Movie · 94 min. · United States

Direction Michael Curtiz

Cast Paul Muni · Karen Morley · William Gargan · Barton MacLane

Plot An immigrant coal miner finds himself in the middle of a bitter labor dispute between the workers and the mine owners.

6.3

111 votes

6.3

111 votes

The Milky Way

1936 · Movie · 88 min. · United States

Direction Leo McCarey

Cast Harold Lloyd · Adolphe Menjou · Helen Mack · Verree Teasdale

Plot Director Leo McCarey's charmingly funny THE MILKY WAY stars the fabulous silent-film comedian Harold Lloyd in one of his first talkies. Softie milkman Burleigh Sullivan (Lloyd) ducks at just the...

6.3

649 votes

6.3

649 votes

Till the End of Time

1946 · Movie · 105 min. · United States

Direction Edward Dmytryk

Cast Dorothy McGuire · Guy Madison · Robert Mitchum · Bill Williams

Plot Three former GIs have a hard time readjusting to civilian life. Perry can't deal with the loss of the use of his legs. William is in trouble with bad debts....

6.1

176 votes

6.1

176 votes

The Rawhide Years

1956 · Movie · 85 min. · United States

Direction Rudolph Maté

Cast Tony Curtis · Colleen Miller · Arthur Kennedy · William Demarest

Plot Ben Matthews gives up the flashy life of a riverboat gambler, hoping to settle down in Galena with his girlfriend, luscious entertainer Zoe. But Galena's leading citizen is murdered on...

6.0

191 votes

6.0

191 votes

Sweepings

1933 · Movie · 80 min. · United States

Direction John Cromwell

Cast Lionel Barrymore · Eric Linden · William Gargan · Gloria Stuart

Plot Daniel Pardway, starting with almost nothing after the great Chicago fire, builds the biggest department store in town. He wants to pass on the business to his three sons and...

6.0

32 votes

6.0

32 votes

Four Frightened People

1934 · Movie · 95 min. · United States

Direction Cecil B. DeMille

Cast Claudette Colbert · Herbert Marshall · Mary Boland · William Gargan

Plot Four passengers escape their bubonic plague-infested ship and land on the coast of a wild jungle. In order to reach safety they have to trek through the jungle, facing wild...

5.9

33 votes

5.9

33 votes

The Crowd Roars

1938 · Movie · 90 min. · United States

Direction Richard Thorpe

Cast Robert Taylor · Edward Arnold · Frank Morgan · Maureen O'Sullivan

Plot A young boxer gets caught between a no-good father and a crime boss when he starts dating the boss's daughter, although she doesn't know what daddy does for a living.

5.6

45 votes

5.6

45 votes

Night Flight

1933 · Movie · 84 min. · United States

Direction Clarence Brown

Cast John Barrymore · Helen Hayes · Clark Gable · Lionel Barrymore

Plot Riviere (John Barrymore), who operates an air delivery service, is fanatical in his dedication to service, putting prompt delivery before the safety of his men or his fleet after receiving...

5.5

37 votes

5.5

37 votes

British Agent

1934 · Movie · 80 min. · United States

Direction Michael Curtiz

Cast Leslie Howard · Kay Francis · William Gargan · Phillip Reed

Plot An Englishman falls in love with a Russian spy.

5.5

35 votes

5.5

35 votes

They Knew What They Wanted

1940 · Movie · 96 min. · United States

Direction Garson Kanin

Cast Carole Lombard · Charles Laughton · William Gargan · Harry Carey

Plot Tony (Charles Laughton), a successful but illiterate middle-aged grape farmer, sends the photograph of his handsome young foreman, Joe (William Gargan), instead of his own, hoping to woo and marry...

5.3

74 votes

5.3

74 votes